Trinity Industries Inc. News

Trinity Industries Inc. was sued by shareholders alleging the company failed to disclose it made changes to its guardrail safety system without government review. At least two lawsuits were filed in federal court in Dallas accusing the company of making …

Trinity Industries Inc. has been subpoenaed by the U.S. Justice Department over its allegedly defective guardrail safety system. The subpoena, issued by U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz in Boston, seeks documents from 1999 and later regarding Trinity’s guardrail end terminals, which …

Trinity Industries Inc.’s guardrail system, which has come under scrutiny for locking when hit and piercing cars instead of helping them slow, passed the first four of eight government-mandated crash tests, a federal highway agency said. The Federal Highway Administration …

A U.S. highway regulator opened an Internet portal this week allowing the public to report accidents tied to a Trinity Industries Inc. guardrail system, which has been linked by lawsuits to at least eight deaths. The Federal Highway Administration’s move …

A federal judge has ordered mediation between a Texas company and a whistleblower who won a $175 million verdict over a design change in the company’s highway guardrails. Critics say the change made it more likely that cars could be …

Trinity Industries Inc. faces a potential liability of $1 billion after a jury found the company defrauded the U.S. by deliberately withholding information about cost-saving changes to its highway guardrail system that potentially made it more dangerous. Jurors in Marshall, …

Trinity Industries Inc. will have 13 hours this week to fight allegations its highway guardrail systems are a deadly hazard that spear cars on impact, with as much as $1 billion at stake for the company. U.S. District Judge Rodney …